Pool-table attachment.



O. B. SWIGK.

POOL TABLE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29, 1914.

1,1 14,202. Patented Oct. 20,1914.

1% JZql fl j Attorneys HOTo-Lnila, WASHINGTON, D, C.

"onvIL' n E. SWICK, or Wesson, WEST VIRGINIA.

POOL-TABLE n rirnonivrnn'r.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern Be 1t known that I, ORVILLE E. SWIGK, a

citizen of the'United States, residing; at

Weston, in the county of Lewis and State 'of 5 West Virginia, have invented a new an'duseful Pool-Table At'taohmenuof which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in pool table attachments, one object of the invention, being theprovision of a novel form of shutter and actuatingmech-j anism for the ball collecting tray generally used with the automatic structure for receiving the balls from the pockets and delivering the same to onefend' of the table,

where all balls may be accumulated and' finally recovered for placement in the triangle. A further object 01 the invention is the provision of a novel mounting of the shutter, whereby the same is protected in its extreme movement to prevent the breakage of theconnection thereof to its operating mechanism and also to relieve any sudden jar placed upon the spring which automatically returns the shutter to closed position;

view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a topplan view of a tray constructed according to and embodying the present invention. Fig.2 is a bottom plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-8 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 shows a perspective view of the end of a I pool table with the rack attached thereto.

Referring to the drawings,the numeral 1 designates the tray, which is adapted to be supported, as is usual, at one end of the table below the same and between the supporting legs thereof so that the inlet portion 2 will be in a position to receive the ball from the raceways led from the pockets,

- the receptacle 3 being formed in the'tray as indicated in Fig. 1 soas to accommodate the various balls as thesame are delivered from the pockets. The outlet 4 is provided at the extreme end of the circuituous channel 3 Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 29, 1914. Serial No. 815,304.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in Patented 0a. 20, 1914.

and is controlled by means of the autof m'atically closed shutter 5. This shutter5, i

as clearly shown in Figsl2 and3, has oppos1tely disposed wings or tongues 6, which slide in the grooves 7 formed in the walls 8 of the transversely disposed'slotsformed in the under side of the tray land as particularly shown in Fig. 2. By this means the shutter is adapted to slide to assume the full. and dotted line positions in Fig.2, so. that the opening 4 may. be closed and opened to thus retain the balls within the receptacle};

or permit the release of one at a time thereof;

. I Connectedt o the {under side of the shutter 5 thronghthe opening 4.

5 as clearly illustrated in Figs 2 and 8, is

atriangular shaped plate 8, which is secured at. itsmthree'corners: by 'meansv ofscrews 9 to the under s de of the shutter 5 and has struck therefrom soas to stand at right angles thereto, the triangular apertured lug 10. Mounted through the aperev tured lug 10 is one end of theoperating" rod 11, which is'prevented too far outward displacement and also connected so that the shutter may be moved from the full to dottedline position when the rod 11 is pulled upon-by means of the nut 12. This rod 11 also extends through the apertured lug 13 of the open plate 14, whose inner end is c011- nected by means of four screws 15 to theunder side of the tray 1 at the forward edge thereof, said plate 14 being further provided with the alined aperturedlug 16 through which the rod'll is adapted to slide.

Thus the rod 11 is insured a straight line movement when the hooked terminal 17 is pulled upon by means of any mechanism that is usually employed for manually opening the shutter 5. A spring 18" is disposed upon the rod 11 between the lugs 10 and 13,

so that whenathe rod and parts are pulled to assume the dotted line positionin Fig. 2, the spring will. be placed under compression, to automatically return the shutter 5 to closed position. In order to limit the movement of the rod 11 and consequentlythe shutter 5 and to relieve the strain thrown upon the shutter that would tend to break the" same when released to the action of the spring or pulled upon too suddenlyfiand moved too far by themanual actuationof the rod 11, a pin 19 is connected to the rod 11 between the lugs 13 and 16, said lugs coacting with the pin to limit the movements of the rod 11 and to receive any jar placed thereupon." By this means, the strain is placed upon the pin 19 and lugs 13 and 16 and not upon the connection of the rod to the shutter 5, thus making the present device more durable than the devices now in use and at the same time preventing the present structure from being easily placed out of commission or use by rough usage,

What is claimed is:

1,. A pool table attachment, including a, ball tray having an outlet, a shutter for controlling said outlet, ajrod connected to theg shutter for operating the same, a spring for closing the shutter, a plate having two upstanding and spaced lugs attached to the tray and through which the rod slides, and an abutment carried by the rod for coaction with one lug at a time for limiting the move ment of the rod and for relieving the jar upon the shutter during the closing thereof.

2. A pool table attachment, including a ball tray having an outlet, said tray being provided with a slot disposed adjacent to the outlet, a shutter mounted for sliding movement in the slot and for controlling the outlet, a metal plate connected to the under side of the shutter, an apertured lug carried by the plate, a second plate con-- nected to the tray and provided with two apertured and spaced lugs, the apertures of all of the lugs alining, a rod disposed in the apertures of all lugs, whereby the rod is guided in the two lugs of the last plate and is secured to the shutter through the remaining lug, a spring disposed upon the rod and abutting the lug of the first plate and one of the lugs of 'the second plate, said spring exerting a tension to close the shutter, and aprojection carried by the rod be tween the two spaced lugs rtor limiting the 40 movement of the rod during the'openmg ORVILLE E. SWICK.

Witnesses: I

I M. B. NORMAN,

-- REX SPRINGSTON.

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